Handbag



H. B. ROWAN.

HANDBAG.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 7, I919.

1,367,207, Patented Feb. 1, 1921. 9" W INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARRY BRADLEY ROWAN, or NORTH AT'I'LEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To wnxTiNeenavis COMPANY, or PLAINVILLE, MAss GHUSETTS, A CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

HANDBAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed April 7, 1919. Serial No. 288,058.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY BRADLEY Rowan, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handbags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand bags of the type consisting of a frame formed'of two U-shaped frame members which are hinged together at their ends and pieces of fabric which are united to the members of -the frame and to each other below theframe. The object of the invention is to effect an improvement in the construction of such a hand bag by which a more attractive appearance is produced. The invention is of utilityin hand bags of various typesbut it is of especial value in hand bags whereln the fabric consists of metallic link mesh.

In recent years the types of hand bags which have been most popular arethose of considerable lengthrelative to their width and the side lines of such bags are characterized by flowing graceful curves. In all such bags as heretofore constructed, however, there have been interruptions in the side contour lines of the bag immediately at the ends of the frame and the interrup tions or jogs occurring at these pointshave been considered a necessary incident of the construction of the bag and the means employed for securing the fabric to the frame.

The present invention involves the provision of an improved construction for the members of the frame for such a bagwhereby the outer edges-ofthe fabric below the frame aline with the outer edges of the frame so that the bag asa whole has side contour lines which are unbrokenand the appearance of the bag is therefore much enhanced. This desirable result is attained by a peculiar shape given to the grooves or recesses in the outer sides of the members ofthe frame extending along the inner edges of the members. Each of the framemembers is provided with a groove or recess in which the edge of the piece of fabric is secured. In accordance with this invention, the wall of this recess or groove is tapered or inclined outwardly at the ends of the frame-member, preferably to such extent that at the extreme ends of the framemember the groove or recess extends all the way across the front face of the member. In securing the fabric in this recess, the edge of the fabric follows the wall of the recess so that at the ends of the frame-member, the edges of the fabric are in substantial alinement with the outer edge of the framemember. This makes the outside contour lines of the bag free from interruptions or jogs at the ends of the frame-members. The

groove or recess preferably extends throughout the length of the frame-member, but if f Figure 1 is an elevation of a bag constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the frame showing the recess therein; Fig. 3 is asection on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line ofFig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 and illustrating a modification.

Referring to the drawing, the bag consists of a frame formed from two U-shaped frame-members 5 and 6 which are hinged together at their ends as indicated at 7. The bag is completedby two sheets of fab ric 8 and 9, preferably link-mesh fabric, which are secured to thetwo frame-memhers 5 and 6 and below the frame have their edges secured together.

Each of the frame members 5 and 6 Has at 1 1. At the extreme ends ofthe framemember, the wall of the recess practically coincides with the outer edge of the framemember as is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The upper portions of the pieces of fabric 8 and 9 are shaped to correspond with the shape of the frame and each of these pieces is secured to its frame-member with its, edge-lying in the groove or recess 10.

A spiral wire of asize corresponding to the size of the rings of the mesh is secured withr in the groove or recess 10 as is shown at-12,

as by soldering or welding each convolution 10 of these spirals to the walls of the recess 10,

and the piece of mesh is secured to this spiral by employing a second spiral 13 which is linked with the edge rings of the piece of mesh and the convolutions of the 15'spiral12.

It will be noted, particularly on examination of Fig. 1, that the side contour lines of the completed bag are unbroken at the ends of the frame. This is due to the fact that therecess or groove 10 in each frame-meld her is increased in depth by inclining its bounding wall outwardly toward the ends of the frame, the inclination being such that at the extreme ends of the frame the boundingwall of the groove. extends out to the outer edge of the frame.- By reason of this inclination of the wall of the recess, the side edges of the fabric immediately below the frame are in alinement with the outer edges of the frame. This gives to the completed bag a far more graceful appearance as it perfects the effort of the designer in giving to the bag its elongated shape and side contour lines which are characterized by long flowing curves or extended vertical lines. r

'Figp5 illustratesa slight modification of the construction. shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The recesses which receive the edge portions 40 of the pieces of fabric are formed in the end. portions of the frame-members but do not extend throughout the entire length of the members. Intermediate these end portions of the frame 'members, the edges of the pieces offabric are secured to the inner walls of the frame-members.

I claim:

-1. A hand bag having a frame consisting of two frame-members hinged together at antes ends, each frame-member having its end portions recessed on the outer faces thereof, the recesses being of such width at the ends of the frame-members that they extend: entirely across the outer faces of the frame-members to points adjacent to the outer edges of the frame-members, spiral f wires extending along the frame-members and having their convolutions secured to the frame-members, said spiral wires lying in the recesses at the ends of the frame-members and extending along the bounding walls of the.recesses,'and pieces of mesh secured to the spiral wires and secured together beyond the ends of the frame.

2. A hand bag having a frame consisting of two frame-members which are hinged together at their ends, each of the frame-members having a recess extending along the inner edge of its outer side and the wall of the recess being inclined outwardly toward and in close proximity to the outer edge of the frame-member near the ends of the framemember, spiral wires extending along the frame-members and having their convolutions secured to the frame-members, said spiral wires lying in the recesses at the ends of the frame-members and extending along the bounding walls of the recesses, and pieces of mesh secured to the spiral wires and secured together beyond the ends of the frame.

3. A hand bag having a frame consisting of two frame-members which are hinged together at their ends, each of the framemembers havin a recess extending along the entire lengtdi of the inner edge of its outer side and the bounding wall of the recess being inclined outwardly near its ends so that at the extreme ends of the framemember said bounding wall coincides with the outer edge of the frame-member, a spiral wire lying in the recess in each frame-memher close to the bounding wall of the recess and having its convolutlons secured to the frame-member, and pieces of mesh secured to the spiral wires and secured together beyond the ends of the frame.

4. A hand bag comprising a frame consisting of two hinged frame members, a groove along the inner edge of the outer face of each of the frame members, this groove increasing in width toward the hinged ends of the frame member until, at these ends, its width is that of the frame member and a fabric united to the frame members in these grooves and forming a bag, the outer edges of which are in substantial alinement with the outer edges of the frame members.

5. A hand bag comprising a pair of substantially U-shaped frame members hinged together at the extremities of their arms, a groove along the inner edges of the outer faces of these frame member arms, which groove increases in width toward the hinged ends of the arms, until, at these ends, its width is that of the face of the arms themselves, and a fabric united in the groove to the frame members and forming a bag which envelops the hinges of frame mem bers save at their outer extremity.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' HARRY BRADLEY ROWAN. 

